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Mr. Ford described the encounter as “two people who didn’t identify themselves” running up and trying to get into his car. After his daughter got scared and retreated into the house, Mr. Ford followed her and called 911, he said Monday evening. “I’m open to games … and I’m open to the media,” said Mr. Ford, noting he has received death threats in the past. “But when you come to my private house early in the morning and ambush me I think that crosses the line.”

The mayor added that he would do “anything” to protect his family. “So, I just hope someone else doesn’t do that again because I just don’t want anything serious to happen,” he said.

Mr. Donovan says 22 Minutes planned the ambush after Mr. Ford turned down requests for a formal interview. “Almost always, we try to set up something more formal and more staged, but if that doesn’t work … we’ll sometimes stage an ambush.”